Post Falls has been awarded a $1.25 million Land and Water Conservation Fund grant to create the Quarry Sports Complex.
Robbie Quinn, city park planner, said phase one plans for the complex include two multipurpose fields, a parking lot, the restroom concessions building, an entry plaza and a maintenance yard.
Depending on funding, additional improvements may include a playground and sports courts.
“It’s been in the works for over five years now,” Quinn said.
The LWCF grant requires a 50% match, which will be funded through park impact fees. The total grant project budget is $2.8 million.
The total for the project without alternative additions is $5 million.
City councilors voted to move forward with the LWCF grant last August and an adjustment was made in December.
Quinn said the adjustment was made as a result of a property line that ran right through where a restroom building is being planned.
Mass grading, the Cecil Road frontage design and construction, an irrigation well design and construction is already complete.
In November and December, city staff will finalize construction and bid documents, bidding will open for phase one construction in January.
The start of construction is anticipated to take place around March or April and last for about 10 months.
“This is our fifth and largest land and water conservation fund grant that we’ve received and it is the largest the state has awarded,” Quinn noted.
A future project scope or the Quarry Sports Complex would also include a fully synthetic ADA accessible mini baseball field.
Quinn said they didn’t know when this grant would be approved, so they didn’t fully complete phase one.
“Now that we have funding, we’ll take it the rest of the way,” Quinn said.
Impact fees will cover the remainder of the project, along with grant funding.
Future construction contracts related to the Quarry Sports Complex will be brought before city councilors for approval.
